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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of James T. Costello of Granite City, who
4 passed away on January 25, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, James Costello was born January 14, 1925, in Grand
6 Island, Nebraska; as a child he attended St. Mary Cathedral
7 Church and School in Grand Island; he married Dorothy I.
8 (Leslie) Costello, whom he had know since she was five years
9 old, on September 12, 1945, in Grand Island; and
 
10     WHEREAS, He was employed at Metro East Sanitary District
11 with 20 years of service as commissioner and had retired in
12 1985 from American Car Foundry in St. Charles, Missouri; he had
13 also worked 20 years with the Granite City Housing Authority,
14 as a refinery superintendent with Union Starch and Refining in
15 Granite City, and a traffic manager with Kansas State Ordinance
16 Plant in Parsons, Kansas; and
 
17     WHEREAS, Mr. Costello was a United States Army veteran,
18 proudly serving his country during World War II in Normandy and
19 Germany; he was a 50-year member of St. Elizabeth Catholic
20 Church in Granite City, where he was active as a lector and
21 eucharistic minister and the Holy Name Society and Men in
22 Prayer; he was a member of the 4th Degree Knights of Columbus

 

 

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1 Tri-City Assembly 0224, Granite City Elks Lodge 1063, the
2 American Legion, and Veterans of Foreign Wars, and served many
3 years with the Granite City Library Board; he will be
4 remembered for the love of his family, the love of his church,
5 and all things Irish; and
 
6     WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his beloved parents,
7 Lawrence P. and Rose Ann, nee Mulick, Costello; and two
8 brothers and sisters-in-law, Leo and Marie Costello and Roy and
9 Josephine Costello; and
 
10     WHEREAS, The passing of James Costello will be deeply felt
11 by his beloved wife, Dorothy; his two sons and one
12 daughter-in-law, Paul and Karen Costello and Joseph Matt
13 Costello; his daughter, Ruth Costello Cruse; his grandchildren
14 and their spouses, Trisha and Raymond Starks, Matt Costello,
15 Jonathan Costello, Jennifer and Darby Cruse Sanders, Dr. Rachel
16 and Kyle Hummel, Rebecca Cruse, and Sarah Cruse; his five
17 great-grandchildren; and his many nieces, nephews, and other
18 extended family and friends; therefore, be it
 
19     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
20 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
21 his family and friends, the passing of James T. Costello; and
22 be it further
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2 presented to the family of James T. Costello as a symbol of our
3 sincere sympathy.